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J. P. SGRIBNER. WATGHMANS CLOCK STATION.

No.' 412,045. Patented Oct. 1, 1889 N. PETERS. Phaiblith'egnpher; Wmhnzinn. D. C.

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JAMES Ff SCRBNER, OF NEVARK, NEV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE E. HOTW- ART) WATCH AND CLOCK COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

n' WATCHNINS CLOCK-STATION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 412,045, dated October 1, 1889. Application led December 17, 1888. Serial No. 293,825. (No model.)

To aZ whom, it may concern: size to rotate the arbor 3, so that the hole for Be it known that l, JAMES F. SCRIBNER, of the reception of the cover has been necessathe city of Newark, in the county of Essex rily so large as to enable the box to be tamand State of New Jersey, have invented cerpered with by the introduction of foreign 55 5 tain new and useful Improvements in 'Vatchmatter into the casing through said hole. It mens Clock-Stations, of which the following has been found that in insane-asylums,where is a specification. the apparatus is used, many of the patients This invention relates to stations used in persist in injecting tobacco-juice and other connection with a watchmans clock, from matter into the casing through the key-hole. 6o to which stations records are transmitted eleo- Toprevent this tampering with the apparatus trically and automatically after certain maand render the key-hole inaccessible, I pronipulations have been performed by the vide a vertical rack a., which is tit-ted to slide watchman by means of a key or its equivalent. between guides b h in the casing and meshes The special object of this invention is to with the stop-Wheel l. To the lower end of 65 z5 provide means for operating the mechanism the rack a is afiiXed a pointed stud c, which of the station preparatory -to transmitting its projects downwardly into a contracted orifice record without leaving an opening in the f, formed in a key guide or bushing d in the case in such a position and of such dimenbottom of the casing 7L. The key c is a slensons that any one malicious o`r mischievous der rod having one end recessed or cupped to 7o 2o can operate the station without using the receive the pointed end of stud o. The norspecial key provided for the purpose, or renmal position of the pointed end of the stud' c der the station inoperative by introducing' is just within the hole f of the guide CZ and into the opening any foreign substance. concentric, or nearly so, therewith.

To this end my inventionl consists in the The method of operation is asfollows: The 75 2 5 improvements which I will now proceed to decupped end of the key e is put through the scribe and claim. hole j' in the key-guide d, and comes in con- Of the accompanyingdrawings, forming a tact with the pointed end of stud c, and is part of this specification, Figure l represents held in contact with it until released by the a front elevation of the mechanism of the operator. The operator pushes in the key e 8o 3o Watchmans clock-station to which my invenuntil it comes to a dead stop. In so doing tion is applied, and Fig. 2 represents a side the stopwheel l is rotated one turn, and in so elevation of the same', the part of box or casturning winds the ywinding-arbor 3, which preing which incloses said mechanism being pares t-he stationto transmit itsrecordthe same shown in section in dotted lines in both iigas when wound by a key through the case- 85 35 ures. Fig. 3 represents a view of the key. cover, as in the standard form of station ap- All the parts in the accompanying drawparatus. Upon the removal of the key c the ings not referred to by letters or numbers are winding-arbor 3 is rotated baekwardly by the the same as in well-known standard stations coiled spring al., and the pointed end of the in common use. stud c goes back to its original normal posi- 9o 4o The same letters and numbers of reference tion near the hole f in key guide or bushing indicate the same parts in all the figures. d. The key guide or bushing d is snugly l and 2 represent spur-wheels which act as fitted into the case at the joint between the stop-wheels, and allow the winding-arbor 3 to case and cover, with its lower end just flush he wound one revolution. This winding has with the bottom outside of the case, leaving 9 5 45 heretofore been performed by a key slipped as the only easilyavailable opening into the onto the square of winding^arbor 3 through case the openinf, in key-guide d, which opena hole in the front or cover of the case h, ing is vertical and is nearly illed bythe stud which holds the mechanism of the station. c,s0 that tobaccojuice, pieces of metal, wood,

Upon the release of arbor 3 it is unwound one cotton, duc., cannot be introduced into the Ico 5o revolution by means of the coiled spring e. casing by insane persons or by operatives in It is necessary to use a key of considerable factories.

The key, having to do its Work by an end- Wise movement, can be made much smaller and more slender than a key which has to be rotated, so that a smaller orifice will aecommodate it than would be required for a rotary key.

The combination, with the mechanism of a Watchmans Clock-station, said mechanism including the arbor 3, stop-Wheels 1 and 2, and springf, of the rack a, meshing with the Wheel l and provided with the stud c, the guides for said rack, and the key guide or bushing in the bottom of the oase arranged with its opening coincident with the stud c, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of tWo sub seribng Witnesses, this 25th *day of October,

JAMES F. SCRIBNER.

NVitnesses: E. V. CLERGU'E, JOHN F. STOUT. 

